List of ATP world No. 1 ranked players and history. (original) (raw)

From 1973 to 1999 the ATP utilized a 52-week Ranking System that now is used for the ATP Entry Ranking. The ATP Champions Race provides an easier-to-follow calendar-year race, culminating with a single year-end No. 1. The figures below highlight the achievements of the players over the past years. Since Ilie Nastase first reached No. 1 on the ATP Rankings on August 23, 1973, there have been 29 different players to reach the No. 1 ranking.

| | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | RANK DATE | PLAYER | WEEKS AT NO. 1 | YEAR-END NO. 1s | | | | | | | | | Aug. 23, 1973 | Ilie Nastase (1) | 40 | 1973 Ilie Nastase 1974 Jimmy Connors 1975 Jimmy Connors 1976 Jimmy Connors 1977 Jimmy Connors 1978 Jimmy Connors 1979 Bjorn Borg 1980 Bjorn Borg 1981 John McEnroe 1982 John McEnroe 1983 John McEnroe 1984 John McEnroe 1985 Ivan Lendl 1986 Ivan Lendl 1987 Ivan Lendl 1988 Mats Wilander 1989 Ivan Lendl 1990 Stefan Edberg 1991 Stefan Edberg 1992 Jim Courier 1993 Pete Sampras 1994 Pete Sampras 1995 Pete Sampras 1996 Pete Sampras 1997 Pete Sampras 1998 Pete Sampras 1999 Andre Agassi 2000 Gustavo Kuerten 2001 Lleyton Hewitt 2002 Lleyton Hewitt 2003 Andy Roddick 2004 Roger Federer 2005 Roger Federer 2006 Roger Federer 2007 Roger Federer 2008 Rafael Nadal 2009 Roger Federer 2010 Rafael Nadal 2011 Novak Djokovic 2012 Novak Djokovic 2013 Rafael Nadal 2014 Novak Djokovic 2015 Novak Djokovic 2016 Andy Murray 2017 Rafael Nadal 2018 Novak Djokovic 2019 Rafael Nadal 2020 Novak Djokovic 2021 Novak Djokovic 2022 Carlos Alcaraz 2023 Novak Djokovic | | | June 3, 1974 | John Newcombe (2) | 8 | | | | July 29, 1974 | Jimmy Connors (3) | 160 | | | | Aug. 23, 1977 | Bjorn Borg (4) | 1 | | | | Aug. 30, 1977 | Connors | 84 | | | | Apr. 9, 1979 | Borg | 6 | | | | May 21, 1979 | Connors | 7 | | | | July 9, 1979 | Borg | 34 | | | | Mar. 3, 1980 | John McEnroe (5) | 3 | | | | Mar. 24, 1980 | Borg | 20 | | | | Aug. 11, 1980 | McEnroe | 1 | | | | Aug. 18, 1980 | Borg | 46 | | | | July 6, 1981 | McEnroe | 2 | | | | July 20, 1981 | Borg | 2 | | | | Aug. 3, 1981 | McEnroe | 58 | | | | Sept. 13, 1982 | Connors | 7 | | | | Nov. 1, 1982 | McEnroe | 1 | | | | Nov. 8, 1982 | Connors | 1 | | | | Nov. 15, 1982 | McEnroe | 11 | | | | Jan. 31, 1983 | Connors | 1 | | | | Feb. 7, 1983 | McEnroe | 1 | | | | Feb. 14, 1983 | Connors | 2 | | | | Feb. 28, 1983 | Ivan Lendl (6) | 11 | | | | May 16, 1983 | Connors | 3 | | | | June 6, 1983 | McEnroe | 1 | | | | June 13, 1983 | Connors | 3 | | | | July 4, 1983 | McEnroe | 17 | | | | Oct. 31, 1983 | Lendl | 6 | | | | Dec. 12, 1983 | McEnroe | 4 | | | | Jan. 9, 1984 | Lendl | 9 | | | | Mar. 12, 1984 | McEnroe | 13 | | | | June 11, 1984 | Lendl | 1 | | | | June 18, 1984 | McEnroe | 3 | | | | July 9, 1984 | Lendl | 5 | | | | Aug. 13, 1984 | McEnroe | 53 | | | | Aug. 19, 1985 | Lendl | 1 | | | | Aug. 26, 1985 | McEnroe | 2 | | | | Sept. 9, 1985 | Lendl | 157 | | | | Sept. 12, 1988 | Mats Wilander (7) | 20 | | | | Jan. 30, 1989 | Lendl | 80 | | | | Aug. 13, 1990 | Stefan Edberg (8) | 24 | | | | Jan. 28, 1991 | Boris Becker (9) | 3 | | | | Feb. 18, 1991 | Edberg | 20 | | | | July 8, 1991 | Becker | 9 | | | | Sept. 9, 1991 | Edberg | 22 | | | | Feb. 10, 1992 | Jim Courier (10) | 6 | | | | Mar. 23, 1992 | Edberg | 3 | | | | Apr. 13, 1992 | Courier | 22 | | | | Sept. 14, 1992 | Edberg | 3 | | | | Oct. 5, 1992 | Courier | 27 | | | | Apr. 12, 1993 | Pete Sampras (11) | 19 | | | | Aug. 23, 1993 | Courier | 3 | | | | Sept. 13, 1993 | Sampras | 82 | | | | Apr. 10, 1995 | Andre Agassi (12) | 30 | | | | Nov. 6, 1995 | Sampras | 12 | | | | Jan. 29, 1996 | Agassi | 2 | | | | Feb. 12, 1996 | Thomas Muster (13) | 1 | | | | Feb. 19, 1996 | Sampras | 3 | | | | Mar. 11, 1996 | Muster | 5 | | | | Apr. 15, 1996 | Sampras | 102 | | | | Mar. 30, 1998 | Marcelo Rios (14) | 4 | | | | Apr. 27, 1998 | Sampras | 15 | | | | Aug. 10, 1998 | Rios | 2 | | | | Aug. 24, 1998 | Sampras | 29 | | | | Mar. 15, 1999 | Carlos Moya (15) | 2 | | | | Mar. 29, 1999 | Sampras | 5 | | | | May 3, 1999 | Y. Kafelnikov (16) | 6 | | | | June 14, 1999 | Sampras | 3 | | | | July 5, 1999 | Agassi | 3 | | | | July 26, 1999 | Patrick Rafter (17) | 1 | | | | Aug. 2, 1999 | Sampras | 6 | | | | Sept. 13, 1999 | Agassi | 52 | | | | Sept. 11, 2000 | Sampras | 10 | | | | Nov. 20, 2000 | Marat Safin (18) | 2 | | | | Dec. 4, 2000 | G. Kuerten (19) | 8 | | | | Jan. 29, 2001 | Safin | 4 | | | | Feb. 26, 2001 | Kuerten | 5 | | | | Apr. 2, 2001 | Safin | 3 | | | | Apr. 22, 2001 | Kuerten | 30 | | | | Nov. 19, 2001 | Lleyton Hewitt (20) | 75 | | | | Apr. 28, 2003 | Agassi | 2 | | | | May. 12, 2003 | Hewitt | 5 | | | | Jun. 16, 2003 | Agassi | 12 | | | | Sept. 8, 2003 | Juan Carlos Ferrero (21) | 8 | | | | Nov. 3, 2003 | Andy Roddick (22) | 13 | | | | Feb. 2, 2004 | Roger Federer (23) | 237 | | | | Aug. 18, 2008 | Rafael Nadal (24) | 46 | | | | Jul. 6, 2009 | Federer | 48 | | | | Jun. 6, 2010 | Nadal | 57 | | | | Jul. 4, 2011 | Novak Djokovic (25) | 53 | | | | Jul. 9, 2012 | Roger Federer | 17 | | | | Nov. 5, 2012 | Novak Djokovic | 48 | | | | Oct. 7, 2013 | Rafael Nadal | 39 | | | | Jul. 7, 2014 | Novak Djokovic | 122 | | | | Nov 7, 2016 | Andy Murray (26) | 41 | | | | Aug 21, 2017 | Rafael Nadal | 26 | | | | Feb 19, 2018 | Roger Federer | 6 | | | | April 2, 2018 | Rafael Nadal | 6 | | | | May 14, 2018 | Roger Federer | 1 | | | | May 21, 2018 | Rafael Nadal | 4 | | | | June 18, 2018 | Roger Federer | 1 | | | | June 25, 2018 | Rafael Nadal | 19 | | | | Nov. 5, 2018 | Novak Djokovic | 52 | | | | Nov. 4 2019 | Rafael Nadal | 13 | | | | Feb. 3, 2020 | Novak Djokovic | 7 | | | | Mar 23, 2020 | Rankings Frozen due to COVID | | | | | Aug 24, 2020 | Novak Djokovic | 79 | | | | Feb 28, 2022 | Daniil Medvedev (27) | 3 | | | | Mar 21, 2022 | Novak Djokovic | 12 | | | | June 13, 2022 | Daniil Medvedev | 13 | | | | Sept 12, 2022 | Carlos Alcaraz (28) | 20 | | | | Jan. 30, 2023 | Novak Djokovic | 7 | | | | Mar. 20, 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz | 2 | | | | Apr. 3, 2023 | Novak Djokovic | 7 | | | | May 22, 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz | 3 | | | | June 12, 2023 | Novak Djokovic | 2 | | | | June 26, 2023 | Carlos Alcaraz | 11 | | | | Sept 11, 2023 | Novak Djokovic | 39 | | | | June 10, 2024 | Jannik Sinner (29) | 1** | | |

| | | | | ------------------------------- | ---------------- | | | | | | ATP TOTAL WEEKS AT NO. 1 | | | | | | | PLAYER | WEEKS NO. 1 | | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 428 | | Roger Federer (SUI) | 310 | | Pete Sampras (USA) | 286 | | Ivan Lendl (CZE) | 270 | | Jimmy Connors (USA) | 268 | | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 210 | | John McEnroe (USA) | 170 | | Bjorn Borg(SWE) | 109 | | Andre Agassi (USA) | 101 | | Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) | 80 | | Stefan Edberg (SWE) | 72 | | Jim Courier (USA) | 58 | | Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) | 43 | | Andy Murray (GBR) | 41 | | Ilie Nastase (ROM) | 40 | | Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) | 36 | | Mats Wilander (SWE) | 20 | | Daniil Medvedev (RUS) | 16 | | Andy Roddick (USA) | 13 | | Boris Becker (GER) | 12 | | Marat Safin (RUS) | 9 | | Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) | 8 | | John Newcombe (AUS) | 8 | | Yevgeny Kafelnikov (RUS) | 6 | | Thomas Muster (AUT) | 6 | | Marcelo Rios (CHI) | 6 | | Carlos Moya (ESP) | 2 | | Patrick Rafter (AUS) | 1 | | Jannik Sinner (ITA)*** | 1 | | | | | | ** Thru week of June 10, 2024 | |

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